The 2006 American National Report, published yearly by the The American Society of Comparative Law, is now in print. The Society has as its laudable goal to "promote the comparative study of law and the understanding of . . . private international law," and the recent Report is no exception. In pertinent part, the Table of Contents is as follows:

American Law in the 21st Century: U.S. National Reports to the XVIIth International Congress of Comparative LawEdited by John C. Reitz and David S. Clark

Preface by John C. Reitz & David S. Clark

American Participation in the Development of the International Academy of Comparative Law and Its First Two Hague Congresses by David S. Clark

SECTION II: Civil Law, Procedure, and Private International Law

New Developments in Succession Law by Ronald J. Scalise, Jr.

Parenthood in a Time of Transition: Tensions between Legal, Biological, and Social Conceptions of Parenthood by David D. Meyer

The Boundaries of Property Rights: La Notion de Biens by Alain A. Levasseur

Estoppel and Textualism byGregory E. Maggs

Pure Economic Loss in American Tort Law: An Unstable Consensus by David Gruning

Contracts Subject to Non-State Norms by Symeon C. Symeonides

New Experiences of International Arbitration in the United States by Christopher R. Drahozal

Recognition of Same-Sex Legal Relationships in the United States by Peter Hay

The Civil, Criminal and Disciplinary Liability of Judges by John O. Haley

Access to Justice, Costs, and Legal Aid by James P. George

Agriculture and the Polluter Pays Principle by Ved P. Nanda

Information on how to order a copy, or to obtain information about the Society's other publications, seminars and activities, is available on its website.